Comarcas of Spain

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Comarcas of Spain

In Spain, a comarca ({{#invoke:IPA|main}})Template:Efn is a traditional informal territorial division, comprising several municipalities sharing geographical, economic or cultural traits, typically with not well defined limits. Modernly, they have been formally defined for all the autonomous communities of Spain, as territorial entities intermediate between the municipality and the province, although their status ranges from official and with administrative functions (providing common local government services) in some communities, to unofficial and based on mere preliminary studies in other communities.

In English, a comarca is equivalent to an area, county, district, or zone.

Legally defined comarcas

In 1985, a law was passed permitting territorial divison into comarcas by each autonomous community.Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn Because comarcas are subdivisions created by autonomous regions and not the state, their boundaries may overlap the boundaries of provinces within their respective autonomous community, creating instances in which a comarca has territory in more than one province.Template:Sfn

The large majority of legally defined comarcas are in Catalonia (42) and Aragon (33), and are regulated by law and are governed by a comarcal council with specified powers. There are seven comarcas formally registered in Basque Country and one, El Bierzo, in Castile and León.Template:Sfn In Andalusia, Galicia, Valencia and Asturias, comarcas are defined by regional law but lack any specific function.

Informal comarcas

In other regions, comarcas are traditional or historical or in some cases, contemporary creations designed for tourism promotions. In some other cases (e.g. La Carballeda) a comarca may correspond to a natural area, like a valley, river basin and mountainous area, or even to historical regions overlapping different provinces and ancient kingdoms (e.g. Ilercavonia).Template:Sfn

In such comarcas or natural regions municipalities have resorted to organizing themselves in {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} (commonwealth), like the Taula del Sénia, the only legal formula that has allowed those comarcas to manage their public municipal resources meaningfully.Template:Citation needed

There is also a comarca, the Cerdanya that is divided between two states, the southwestern half being counted as a comarca of Spain, while the northeastern half is part of France.

Relationship to other groups of municipalities

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There are also other groupings of municipalities in Spain including provinces, mancomunidades, metropolitan areas and the major islands of the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands.

Legally defined comarcas have their boundaries and functions defined by the relevant regional government (autonomous community) and so do not necessarily have boundaries consistent with provinces which are defined by the State.Template:Sfn The remit of comarcas is very similar to that of the provinces and has been criticised for duplication.Template:Sfn However in Catalonia, the comarca (and not the province) has been the traditional territorial organisation.Template:Sfn

List of comarcas of Spain by autonomous communities

Comarcas of Andalusia

Comarcas of Andalusia

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Comarcas of the province of Almería

Comarcas of the province of Cádiz

Comarcas of Cádiz

Comarcas of the province of Córdoba

Comarcas of the province of Granada

Comarcas of Granada

Comarcas of the province of Huelva

Comarcas of the province of Jaén

Comarcas de Jaén

Comarcas of the province of Málaga

Comarcas of the province of Sevilla

Comarcas of Aragon

Comarcas of Aragon

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Comarcas of the province of Huesca/Uesca

Comarcas of the province of Teruel

Comarcas of the province of Zaragoza

Comarcas of Asturias

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Comarcas of Asturias

Comarques of the Balearic Islands

Mallorca

Menorca

Pitiüses

Eskualdeak / Comarcas of the Basque Country

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Eskualdeak / Comarcas of the province of Biscay

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Eskualdeak / Comarcas of the province of Gipuzkoa

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Comarcas of the Canary Islands

Comarcas of the province of Las Palmas

Comarcas of the province of Tenerife

Comarcas of Cantabria

Comarcas of Cantabria.

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Comarques of Catalonia

Comarques of Catalonia

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Comarques of the province of Barcelona

Comarques of the province of Girona

Comarques of the province of Lleida

Comarques of the province of Tarragona

Comarcas of Castile–La Mancha

Comarcas of the province of Albacete

Comarcas of the province of Ciudad Real

Comarcas of the province of Cuenca

Comarcas of the province of Guadalajara

Comarcas of the province of Toledo

Comarcas of Castile and León

Comarcas of the province of Ávila

Comarcas of the province of Burgos

Comarcas of Burgos.

Comarcas of the province of León

Comarcas of the province of Palencia

Comarcas of the province of Salamanca

Comarcas of Salamanca.

Comarcas of the province of Segovia

An official classification establishes three comarcas:

or sometimes four:

However, historic approaches (before the national classification into provinces) establish six comarcas:

Comarcas of the province of Soria

Comarcas of the province of Valladolid

Comarcas of the province of Zamora

Comarcas of Zamora.

Comarcas of Extremadura

Comarcas of the province of Badajoz

Comarcas of the province of Cáceres

Comarcas of Galicia

Comarcas in Galicia

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Comarcas of the province of A Coruña

Comarcas of the province of Lugo

Comarcas of the province of Ourense

Comarcas of the province of Pontevedra

Comarcas of La Rioja

Comarcas of Madrid

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Comarcas of Region of Murcia

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Comarcas de Murcia

Eskualdeak / Comarcas of Navarre

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Eskualdeak/Comarcas of Navarre

Comarques of the Valencian Community

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Comarcas of the Comunitat Valenciana

Comarques of the province of Alicante

Comarques of the province of Castellón

Comarques of the province of Valencia

See also

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References

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